Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India
Remember (Symbol and title): Animal – tiger, bird – peacock, flower – lotus, fruit – mango, tree – banyan, river – Ganga, aquatic animal – river dolphin, heritage animal – elephant. Anthem – Jana Gana Mana (written by Rabindranath Tagore), song – Vande Mataram, motto – Satyameva Jayate, emblem – the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath. Flag: saffron on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom; the Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.
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- 1.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 15 August (b) 26 January (c) 2 October (d) 14 November
- 2.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 3.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) river dolphin (b) tiger (c) lotus (d) Lion Capital of Ashoka
- 4.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national emblem (b) national song (c) national aquatic animal (d) national flower
- 5.🇮🇳 “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national animal (c) national anthem (d) national river
- 6.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national heritage animal (c) national emblem (d) national fruit
- 8.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national motto. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national fruit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
- 11.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) lotus (b) elephant (c) Ganga (d) tiger
- 12.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) tiger (b) Satyameva Jayate (c) peacock (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 13.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national tree (c) national fruit (d) national heritage animal
- 14.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national flower (b) national motto (c) national fruit (d) national song
- 15.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) work is worship (b) might is right (c) unity is strength (d) truth alone wins
- 16.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) mango (b) peacock (c) Vande Mataram (d) lotus
- 17.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 19.True or false: “mango” is India’s national fruit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) tiger (b) lotus (c) mango (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 21.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national fruit (c) national animal (d) national aquatic animal
- 23.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron (d) navy blue
- 25.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national flower. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national animal (c) national flower (d) national bird
- 28.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) navy blue (b) red (c) saffron (d) green
- 29.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national song. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) mango (b) Vande Mataram (c) banyan (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 31.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Mumbai (b) Agra (c) Jaipur (d) Sarnath
- 33.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 34.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron (d) navy blue
- 35.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national animal. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “Jana Gana Mana” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national heritage animal (c) national emblem (d) national song
- 38.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national motto (b) national bird (c) national flower (d) national tree
- 39.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national river. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) banyan (c) lotus (d) Vande Mataram
Answer key
- 15 August
- 24
- tiger
- national song
- national anthem
- False
- national heritage animal
- True
- False
- Rabindranath Tagore
- elephant
- peacock
- national fruit
- national flower
- truth alone wins
- Vande Mataram
- False
- 52
- True
- Satyameva Jayate
- False
- national animal
- False
- green
- True
- True
- national bird
- navy blue
- True
- mango
- False
- Sarnath
- 4
- saffron
- True
- True
- national emblem
- national tree
- True
- banyan
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